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From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place
Kuusisto & Kit Tall
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Description for From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place
Paperback. Why does a particular landscape move us? What is it that attaches us to a particular place? From Where We Stand is an eloquent exploration of the connections we have with places-and the loss to us if there are no such connections. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
Why does a particular landscape move us? What is it that attaches us to a particular place? Tall’s From Where We Stand is an eloquent exploration of the connections we have with places—and the loss to us if there are no such connections. A typically rootless child of several American suburbs, Tall set out to make a true home for herself in the landscape that circumstance had brought her—the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.
In a mosaic of personal anecdotes, historical sketches, and lyrical meditations, she interweaves her own story with the story of this place ... Read more
Why does a particular landscape move us? What is it that attaches us to a particular place? Tall’s From Where We Stand is an eloquent exploration of the connections we have with places—and the loss to us if there are no such connections. A typically rootless child of several American suburbs, Tall set out to make a true home for herself in the landscape that circumstance had brought her—the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.
In a mosaic of personal anecdotes, historical sketches, and lyrical meditations, she interweaves her own story with the story of this place ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815610724
SKU
V9780815610724
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About Kuusisto & Kit Tall
Deborah Tall (1951–2006) taught writing and literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA. She is the author of three books of poems and a memoir, The Island of the White Cow, about the five years she lived in rural Ireland in the 1970s.
Reviews for From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place
In the literature of place, Deborah Tall’s book stands out for its delicacy, range of learning, and refreshing frankness.""—Phillip Lopate ""A worthy contribution to the growing field of landscape studies. . . . Like Thoreau, who claimed to have travelled much in Concord, the author of From Where We Stand has travelled much—widely and deeply—in the Finger Lakes.""—New York ... Read more